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Megyn Kelly schools O’Reilly

December 18, 2008
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Las Vegas to be sued by Humanists?

December 14, 2008

Here’s a bit of interesting news, the American Humanist Association may be suing the City of Sin due to state laws that forbid atheists from officiating weddings:
In a city launched by shotgun weddings and quickie divorces, and which offers the chance to be wed by faux Liberaces, King Tuts and Grim Reapers, there remains at [...]

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Christian plates shelved in South Carolina

December 11, 2008

American’s United has won a small victory in the war against theocracy.
A federal judge today ruled that the state of South Carolina may not issue a special “Christian” license plate featuring a cross, a stained-glass window and the words “I Believe.”
Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which sponsored the litigation to stop issuance [...]

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Why [some] atheists care about religion

October 28, 2008

I found the following video a couple of weeks ago and have been meaning to put it up.  It’s a ‘5 minute Reader’s Digest version’ of why some of us atheists care about religion.

The fact of the matter is that ‘religion’ isn’t a private matter between the religious adherent and the object of their religion [...]

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What the state asks for, the state gets

October 3, 2008

Six chaplains in Virginia have resigned, dozens more have signed a protest letter and there’s talk of having a rally outside the governor’s pad on November 1, just a few days before the election.  All allege that they’re the victims of religious persecution.
In this case it’s persecution because the state enacted a policy forbidding [...]

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Can you get a refund for a gift god gave you?

August 20, 2008

Seriously!
A confident Barack Obama raised an extraordinary $7.8 million Sunday at three California fundraisers, most of it in large checks to a Democratic Party committee.
“I will win. Don’t worry about that,” he said to the crowd of about 1,300 at his third event of the evening, according to the pool report.
He was warmly received by [...]

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Christian Marines evangelizing Iraqi Muslims

May 29, 2008

As if the situation in Iraq wasn’t bad enough it appears that American marines are contributing to the problem by attempting to convert the Muslim residents of Fallujah to Christianity.
According to this report, unidentified Marines are said to have passed out evangelical coins at the gates of Fallujah while serving as guards.
One side of the [...]

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Kieffe & Sons issue apology for bigoted ad

May 29, 2008

The owners of Kieffe & Sons Ford dealership out in Mojave that I recently wrote a post about have issued an apology for the bigoted ad they aired on a local radio station:
“For 15 years, Kieffe and Sons Ford has run ad campaigns that focus on current events. We have chosen to do this rather [...]

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Ford Dealership to Non-Christians: STFU

May 27, 2008

Kieffe & Sons, a Ford dealership in California, has been running a radio ad since approximately February telling people who support the separation of church(es) and state and atheists to “sit down and shut up” .
The ad, found at The Consumerist, has a man saying:
Did you know that there are people in this country who [...]

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God made Spring

May 4, 2008

Just ask my five year old. Where’d she hear that gem? At school and it’s the truth because her teacher said so.
We should have known that something like this was bound to happen sooner or later. The teacher has made it extremely obvious she’s one of those Christians who assumes everyone else is [...]

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